Survival analysis of flower and fruit abortion in sweet pepper

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 761, Issue , 2007, Pages 617-624

  Wubs, A M ^a   Heuvelink, E ^a   Hemerik, L ^a   Marcelis, L F M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Cox proportional hazards model; Inter plant variation; Plant density; Source strength; Source sink ratio

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 61449178085     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.761.86     Document Type: Conference Paper

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